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{
"bomb":{
"something that has failed":{
"examples":[
"her tell-all book was a bomb that landed on the remainder tables with a thud"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"clinker",
"clunker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"frost",
"lemon",
"loser",
"miss",
"shipwreck",
"turkey",
"washout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"also-ran",
"disappointment",
"dog",
"has-been",
"near miss",
"botch",
"hash",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"nonevent",
"nonstarter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"phenomenon"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"smash",
"success",
"winner"
]
},
"a very large amount of money":{
"examples":[
"that stay at Claridge's cost a bomb , but it was worth it"
],
"synonyms":[
"big bucks",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"wad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heap",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"assets",
"capital",
"means",
"property",
"riches",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"antonyms":[
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"song"
]
},
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"following the reporter's obscene outburst, viewers bombed the television station with an unprecedented number of complaints"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrage",
"bombard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"examine",
"grill",
"interrogate",
"pump",
"query",
"question",
"quiz",
"debrief",
"cross-examine",
"catechize",
"annoy",
"harass",
"hound",
"pester",
"flood",
"inundate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"skiers bombing down the slope vied for the coveted gold medal"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the chichi restaurant bombed big-time, lasting only six months"
],
"synonyms":[
"collapse",
"crater",
"fail",
"flame out",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crumble",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cook",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"it's no surprise that the inexperienced baseball team got totally bombed in its first game"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"the enemy has bombed the city again"
],
"synonyms":[
"batter",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bombard",
"cannonade",
"shell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilade",
"rake",
"strafe",
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"devastate",
"hit",
"pound",
"ravage",
"strike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bombard":{
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"the Allies bombarded Germany for a great many months during World War II"
],
"synonyms":[
"batter",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bomb",
"cannonade",
"shell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilade",
"rake",
"strafe",
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"devastate",
"hit",
"pound",
"ravage",
"strike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"reporters bombarded the company spokesman with sharp questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrage",
"bomb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"examine",
"grill",
"interrogate",
"pump",
"query",
"question",
"quiz",
"debrief",
"cross-examine",
"catechize",
"annoy",
"harass",
"hound",
"pester",
"flood",
"inundate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bombarded":{
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"the Allies bombarded Germany for a great many months during World War II"
],
"synonyms":[
"battered",
"blitzed",
"blitzkrieged",
"bombed",
"cannonaded",
"shelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfiladed",
"raked",
"strafed",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"devastated",
"hit",
"pounded",
"ravaged",
"struck"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"reporters bombarded the company spokesman with sharp questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"barraged",
"bombed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"examined",
"grilled",
"interrogated",
"pumped",
"queried",
"questioned",
"quizzed",
"debriefed",
"cross-examined",
"catechized",
"annoyed",
"harassed",
"hounded",
"pestered",
"flooded",
"inundated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bombastic":{
"marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases":{
"examples":[
"a bombastic speech intended to impress the voters in her congressional district"
],
"synonyms":[
"flatulent",
"fustian",
"gaseous",
"gassy",
"grandiloquent",
"oratorical",
"orotund",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric",
"windy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloated",
"elevated",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"inflated",
"lofty",
"ornate",
"pompous",
"pontifical",
"pretentious",
"stilted",
"tumid",
"turgid",
"overdone",
"verbose",
"wordy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eloquent",
"well-spoken",
"bald",
"direct",
"matter-of-fact",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"simple",
"stark",
"straightforward",
"unadorned",
"unaffected",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"unrhetorical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bombed":{
"being under the influence of a recreational drug":{
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
],
"examples":[
"the police officer determined that the driver was bombed and arrested him"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"clean",
"temperate",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"related":[
"addicted",
"hooked"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasted",
"blitzed",
"high",
"hopped-up",
"loaded",
"ripped",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"stoned",
"strung out",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
]
},
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
],
"examples":[
"a designated driver sipping seltzer while her friends got bombed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"related":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
]
},
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"following the reporter's obscene outburst, viewers bombed the television station with an unprecedented number of complaints"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"examined",
"grilled",
"interrogated",
"pumped",
"queried",
"questioned",
"quizzed",
"debriefed",
"cross-examined",
"catechized",
"annoyed",
"harassed",
"hounded",
"pestered",
"flooded",
"inundated"
],
"synonyms":[
"barraged",
"bombarded"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"antonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
],
"examples":[
"the chichi restaurant bombed big-time, lasting only six months"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooked",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won"
],
"related":[
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"crumbled",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"synonyms":[
"collapsed",
"cratered",
"failed",
"flamed out",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"tanked",
"washed out"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it's no surprise that the inexperienced baseball team got totally bombed in its first game"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"swept",
"upset",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
],
"examples":[
"skiers bombing down the slope vied for the coveted gold medal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"related":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the enemy has bombed the city again"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"enfiladed",
"raked",
"strafed",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"devastated",
"hit",
"pounded",
"ravaged",
"struck"
],
"synonyms":[
"battered",
"blitzed",
"blitzkrieged",
"bombarded",
"cannonaded",
"shelled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bomber":{
"as in fighter , warplane":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fighter",
"jump jet",
"torpedo bomber",
"warplane",
"aerospace plane",
"rocket plane",
"amphibian",
"seaplane",
"jet",
"jetliner",
"superjet",
"supersonic",
"supersonic transport",
"trijet",
"turbojet",
"turboprop",
"biplane",
"lightplane",
"tilt-rotor",
"towplane",
"trimotor",
"triplane",
"freighter",
"tanker",
"glider",
"sailplane",
"aerodyne",
"aircraft",
"air-cushion vehicle",
"airframe",
"airship",
"ship",
"tractor",
"airliner",
"air taxi",
"liner",
"aeroplane",
"airplane",
"plane"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bombast":{
"boastful speech or writing":{
"examples":[
"the other world leaders at the international conference had little interest in being subjected to the president's bombast"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluster",
"brag",
"braggadocio",
"bull",
"cockalorum",
"fanfaronade",
"gas",
"gasconade",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"magniloquence",
"rant",
"rodomontade",
"rhodomontade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oratory",
"rhapsody",
"rhetoric",
"pomposity",
"turgidity",
"wind",
"bloviation",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"babble",
"blab",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"gibberish",
"jabber",
"prattle",
"jawing",
"patter",
"prating",
"yammering",
"egotism",
"self-conceit",
"self-importance",
"swagger",
"vaunt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere":{
"examples":[
"you need less bombast and more substance in this speech on human rights"
],
"synonyms":[
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"oratory",
"rhetoric",
"verbiage",
"wind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"claptrap",
"drivel",
"gibberish",
"hogwash",
"humbug",
"jabberwocky",
"jazz",
"moonshine",
"nonsense",
"affectedness",
"floweriness",
"grandiosity",
"loftiness",
"pomposity",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bombardments":{
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"the bombardment of so many instructions meant that I missed some of the information"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrages",
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"cannonades",
"drumbeats",
"drumfires",
"flurries",
"fusillades",
"hails",
"salvos",
"salvoes",
"showers",
"storms",
"volleys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadsides",
"earfuls",
"avalanches",
"bursts",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"discharges",
"engulfments",
"floods",
"flood tides",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"inundations",
"outbursts",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"overflows",
"rashes",
"spates",
"surges",
"torrents",
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bombshells":{
"something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected":{
"examples":[
"discovering that I had a long-lost sister was an absolute bombshell"
],
"synonyms":[
"jars",
"jaw-droppers",
"jolts",
"stunners",
"surprises",
"surprizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shocks",
"thunderclaps",
"eye-openers",
"revelations",
"shockers",
"amazements",
"marvels",
"wonders",
"fillips",
"kickers",
"kicks",
"twists",
"wrinkles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bombarding":{
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"the Allies bombarded Germany for a great many months during World War II"
],
"synonyms":[
"battering",
"blitzing",
"blitzkrieging",
"bombing",
"cannonading",
"shelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilading",
"raking",
"strafing",
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"devastating",
"hitting",
"pounding",
"ravaging",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"reporters bombarded the company spokesman with sharp questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"barraging",
"bombing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"examining",
"grilling",
"interrogating",
"pumping",
"querying",
"questioning",
"quizzing",
"debriefing",
"cross-examining",
"catechizing",
"annoying",
"harassing",
"hounding",
"pestering",
"flooding",
"inundating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bombing":{
"as in bombardment , air raid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"air raid",
"bombardment",
"aggression",
"assault",
"attempt",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"charge",
"coup de main",
"descent",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive",
"onset",
"onslaught",
"raid",
"rush",
"strike",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"counteraggression",
"counterassault",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"counterstrike",
"sally",
"sortie",
"envelopment",
"flanking",
"breakthrough",
"foray",
"incursion",
"invasion",
"pillage",
"ravage",
"sack",
"siege",
"storm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defense",
"defensive",
"guard",
"shield",
"opposition",
"resistance",
"protection",
"security",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
"examples":[
"following the reporter's obscene outburst, viewers bombed the television station with an unprecedented number of complaints"
],
"synonyms":[
"barraging",
"bombarding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"examining",
"grilling",
"interrogating",
"pumping",
"querying",
"questioning",
"quizzing",
"debriefing",
"cross-examining",
"catechizing",
"annoying",
"harassing",
"hounding",
"pestering",
"flooding",
"inundating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"skiers bombing down the slope vied for the coveted gold medal"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bundling",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"careering",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"cracking (on)",
"dashing",
"driving",
"flying",
"haring",
"hastening",
"highballing",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"jumping",
"motoring",
"nipping",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"stepping",
"tearing",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trotting",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetling",
"darting",
"flitting",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scuffling",
"stampeding",
"streaking",
"whizzing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"sprinting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"stepping out",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking",
"arrowing",
"beelining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"hanging (around or out)",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"poking"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"the chichi restaurant bombed big-time, lasting only six months"
],
"synonyms":[
"collapsing",
"cratering",
"failing",
"flaming out",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"tanking",
"washing out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"crumbling",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooking",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"it's no surprise that the inexperienced baseball team got totally bombed in its first game"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"dusting",
"flattening",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"the enemy has bombed the city again"
],
"synonyms":[
"battering",
"blitzing",
"blitzkrieging",
"bombarding",
"cannonading",
"shelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilading",
"raking",
"strafing",
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"devastating",
"hitting",
"pounding",
"ravaging",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bombproof":{
"marked by the ability to withstand stress without structural damage or distortion":{
"examples":[
"the manufacturer's bombproof powerboats can take a lot of punishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"fast",
"firm",
"sound",
"stable",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"sturdy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dependable",
"durable",
"reliable",
"infrangible",
"irrefragable",
"unbreakable",
"beefy",
"solid",
"cohesive",
"tough"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infirm",
"insecure",
"weak",
"shaky",
"tottering",
"tottery",
"unbalanced",
"wobbly",
"wabbly",
"unsubstantial"
],
"antonyms":[
"rickety",
"unsound",
"unstable",
"unsteady"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bombshell":{
"something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected":{
"examples":[
"discovering that I had a long-lost sister was an absolute bombshell"
],
"synonyms":[
"jar",
"jaw-dropper",
"jolt",
"stunner",
"surprise",
"surprize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shock",
"thunderclap",
"eye-opener",
"revelation",
"shocker",
"amazement",
"marvel",
"wonder",
"fillip",
"kick",
"kicker",
"twist",
"wrinkle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bombings":{
"as in bombardments , air raids":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"air raids",
"bombardments",
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"attempts",
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"charges",
"coups de main",
"descents",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives",
"onsets",
"onslaughts",
"raids",
"rushes",
"strikes",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"counteraggressions",
"counter-aggressions",
"counterassaults",
"counter-assaults",
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counterstrikes",
"counter-strikes",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"envelopments",
"breakthroughs",
"forays",
"incursions",
"invasions",
"pillages",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"sieges",
"storms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defenses",
"defensives",
"guards",
"shields",
"oppositions",
"resistances",
"protections",
"securities",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}